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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>…</b>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> [ExI] a gmo heart- NYT<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.75pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333'>In a development that could radically transform the outlook for people with failing organs, a 57-year-old man with a life-threatening heart ailment has received <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/bmmQlXAWtLZbZLZblJKS2w~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRjv0LBP0TlaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wMS8xMC9oZWFsdGgvaGVhcnQtdHJhbnNwbGFudC1waWctYmVubmV0dC5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjIwMTEwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTQ5OTM4Jm5sPWV2ZW5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmcmVnaV9pZD02NDE1OTc3NiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTc5Mjk3JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD01ZTcxMTM5Yjc5YWIxNDMzZDA3NzEwZDhmODgzNTZjOFcDbnl0Qgph1cG93GH9UjfnUhNmb296bGVyODNAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#286ED0'>a new heart from a genetically modified pig</span></a>, the first successful transplant of a pig’s heart into a human.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.75pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333'>The Maryland man would have died had he not received a new heart, and he was too sick to receive a heart from a human donor. His long-term prognosis remains to be seen, but the first 48 hours, which are critical, passed without incident.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.75pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333'>“I wasn’t sure he was understanding me,” said the man’s doctor, describing the moment he proposed the procedure. “Then he said, ‘Well, will I oink?’”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.75pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.75pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.75pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>This is so cool, I hope they can get it going. We have been using swine heart valves for a long time: my grandmother-in-law had one. It lasted for 11 years, then she perished of something else. Hearts are a bit more forgiving methinks (I am no expert on this matter) compared to kidneys, so I don’t think we can realistically expect this tech to lead to the use of swine kidneys.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.75pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>spike<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.75pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.75pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>